Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh - OPTIONAL

When Sully was 13, he found a
rare red cherry sphere and sold it to Alex Holliday who had the matching sphere
for $2.5 million. On his way out the door, Alex cheats him out of his
money claiming the sphere didn't give him enhanced abilities, after all.
Five years later Sully and his mom are just making ends meet. Sully
spends his Saturdays at the flea market trading, buying and selling
spheres. No one actually knows how the spheres got here. Some say
they prove the existence of God, others think they are from aliens or another
dimension and some even think they are evil but everyone knows what they
do. If you have a matching pair and you burn them, they will give you
enhanced abilities. When Hunter walks into the flea market wanting to
sell a semi-rare hot pink sphere, Sully strikes up a tentative friendship with
her. She tells him that she thinks she knows where to find more spheres
so he offers to help. They make a plan and head out. Much to their
surprise they end up finding a gold sphere which neither of them has ever heard
of before. Also, it's acting a bit odd. Neither Sully nor Hunter
has ever seen a sphere act alive. The sphere is trying to locate its match
so Hunter and Sully follow to find the other gold sphere and the
possibilities it might bring them.

I started out really enjoying this
book – I’m a fan of sci-fi and I thought the spheres were interesting and I
could see the masses clamoring to get more and more. There’s action and a
little romance, and I really liked Sully's character and how he responded to
the conflicts he encountered. While it wraps up nicely, the ending came
rather quickly and isn't as strong as I had hoped. The language and some of the
content keep this at a high school level.

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